Fall election should be interesting in Scottsburg; Mayor Graham renominated

Written by Marty Randall

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00

The November 8 General Election should be interesting in Scottsburg, thanks to a roster of both Democrat and Republican candidates who have been nominated to run for offices. Mayor Bill Graham was readily renominated to keep the job he’s held since the 1980s, despite a good race by challenger Christopher Albertson. Graham captured 70% of the ballots cast on May 3 for a vote total of 297 to Albertson’s 30% or 130 votes. Other Republican candidates ran unopposed. Tim Hoard is now the Republican candidate for an At-Large seat on the City Council. Jim Fleenor will be running in Council District 2, and Bill Banta is the nominee for Council District 4.

The biggest race in the Democrat Primary Election in Austin this past Tuesday, May 3, was, of course, the battle between incumbent Douglas Campbell and challenger Brandon Glenn White. In this race, Mayor Campbell won by a wide margin of 65% to 35%, getting 640 votes to White’s 347. The result, however, has been decidedly muddied, since White supporters filed a complaint of voter fraud against the Mayor and a city worker, Terry Danner, late in the day on Monday, May 2. (See related story.) No one can forecast its conclusions or its effect on that race.

Drug-related arrests made in Austin after license plate found to be stolen

Written by Marty Randall

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00

Two men and a woman were arrested on several drug-related charges in Austin after an alert police officer noted the license plate on their car had been reported stolen in Kentucky. Lt. Shawn Hurt saw a maroon Ford Taurus with Kentucky plates parked in a local business’s parking lot shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 24. According to information the officer had received from Scott dispatchers earlier in the week, the license plate matched one that had been reported stolen. He had also learned that a man and woman suspected of having the car were wanted on arrest warrants.

A Columbus woman remains incarcerated at the Scott County Security Center following her arrest after a high speed chase in Finley Township on Friday, April 29. Scottsburg Patrolman Troy Ford prepared the probable cause affidavit in the case against Tamara S. Fields, 40. She is charged with a Class A felony dealing in methamphetamine, Class C felony possession of methamphetamine, and Class D felonies of possession of precursors, dealing in marijuana, identity deception and two charges of possession of a controlled substance. She is also charged with Class A misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

A Scottsburg man who had wrecked his car in front of a burgled home on Ray Road on April 23 now faces six charges in Scott Circuit Court, including burglary. David B. Parks, 24, is charged with a count of Class B felony burglary as well as two Class D felony charges of intimidation, Class B misdemeanors of disorderly conduct and failure to stop after a property damage accident and a Class A misdemeanor charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.